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Checkpoint leads to 4 DUI arrests

Original post made
on May 7, 2008

Four drivers were arrested Monday night for driving under the influence of alcohol during a DUI and driver's license checkpoint near the fairgrounds. One arrest was for a combination DUI and drug possession, police said.

It's not like the Pleasanton PD have anything better to do.
Besides, 4 drunk/under the influence people is a heck of a log to catch on a week night! Imagine what could have happened if they were not arrested! If all of that police manpower prevented even one injury or death it was worth it.

Wow Luong such a waste of a brain. Looks like you didnt make it past the first four words. If you had read on, 15 vehicles also known as CARS were impounded. 1134 cars were screened, 16 field sobriety tests were given, and 26 drivers were investigated for license violations. That means the police were doing OTHER things as well. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK PLEASANTON POLICE... we need you to keep the brainless of the streets like cholo

While mass screenings are awkward and inconvenient, they are necessary to raise public awareness about the seriousness of police enforcement of drinking and driving laws.

It would be problematic, however, if such DUI check points were used to fish for other violations, something that would make them random, therefore, warrantless searches. Thus, I trust that names and numbers were run through the various police computers only on those drivers who had been placed in custody for DUI first.

Four people were arrested for driving while intoxicated.
Four people did not die that night at the hands of a drunk driver.
Four families didn't suffer the unbearable loss of losing a loved one who got caught in the cross fire of alcoholism or drug addiction for no apparent reason.
People are going to drink. People are going to drive. And more than likely they will do both at the same time. More than likely they won't even know what they're doing when they're doing it.
If the police saved just one life that night, then it was a job well done.